Regional & Country Table · Season 24 · Season of Winter II

Dongji-patjuk

Dongji-patjuk (Winter Solstice Red Bean Porridge) · 동지팥죽

Difficulty: Medium
Time to plan: About 190+ min (editorial estimate)
Serves: 4 servings
Recipe: 5 steps
Listed places: 2

Decision notes · editorial comparison of references and preparation plans

Is red-bean porridge the same as a sweet bean dessert?

Use the beans, rice and rice-ball proportions to decide meal or snack. Unlike a shaved-ice topping, porridge depends on water and grain ratios too.

Check before ordering or preparing: When ordering, ask about rice grains, dumplings and sweetness. For cooking, follow this regular-pot flour version or one other complete source.

Regular-pot bean, water, dumpling and flour-thickening quantities; not our kitchen validation. Maangchi · Dongji-patjuk · 2026-10-24

Alternative to compare: Pat-bingsu (Red Bean Shaved Ice)Make an order card Prepare this version

Food notes and context

Below is a summary of Maangchi’s regular-pot, rice-flour-thickened version, separate from KTO’s rice-grain description. Source measurements are retained; this is not our kitchen-test record.

Make dumplings evenly sized and cook them through. Test salt or sugar on a small portion. Seasonal or age-related stories should not be interpreted as a mandatory dumpling count for every diner.

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Prep: Preparation/shaping additional
Cook: Beans about 120 min plus finishing
Wait: Cooling 20–30 min; dough rest 20 min
Ready in: About 190+ min (editorial estimate)

Regular-pot path; source cup/spoon units retained without invented gram equivalents. Not our kitchen-test record.

Ingredients (4 servings)

Ingredient	Amount	Substitute abroad
Dried adzuki beans	1 cup
Water for beans	10 cups
Glutinous rice flour for dumplings	2 cups
Boiling water for dough	1 cup
Kosher salt for dough	1/2 tsp
Sugar for dough	1 tbsp
Glutinous rice flour for dusting	1 tbsp
Glutinous rice flour for thickening	1/2 cup
Water for slurry	1 cup
Kosher salt for porridge	2 tsp
Adjustment water/flour and serving sugar	As needed; see linked source

Step by step

1.Cook beans
Simmer beans in 10 cups water: medium-high 30 min, low about 90 min; extend with water if firm. Cool 20–30 min.
2.Strain and measure
Mash through a coarse strainer; discard skins. Top up the strained mixture to 8 cups.
3.Make dumplings
Mix 2 cups flour, dough salt/sugar and boiling water. Cool to handle, knead, cover and rest 20 min. Knead again, shape about 1.3 cm balls and dust; consult the source for sticky-dough adjustment.
4.Combine
Boil the bean mixture, add dumplings and cover 8–10 min until floating. Stir in the slurry, thicken and add porridge salt.
5.Portion
Portion for the meal; offer extra sugar separately. Age-counting customs are not a required serving count.

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동지팥죽 · Dongji-patjuk · Dongji-patjuk (Winter Solstice Red Bean Porridge)

1명이 먹으려고 합니다. 인분·접시·냄비 중 주문 단위와 최소 주문량, 추천 양을 알려 주세요. / This is for 1 person. Please explain whether you sell portions, plates or pots, the minimum order and the recommended amount.

밥·반찬이 포함되나요? 따로 주문하는 항목과 추가 비용을 알려 주세요. / Are rice and side dishes included? Please explain separate items and extra charges.

주재료와 양념에 무엇이 들어가나요? / What are the main ingredients and seasonings?

When ordering, ask about rice grains, dumplings and sweetness. For cooking, follow this regular-pot flour version or one other complete source.

If you have ingredient restrictions, name them and ask about sauces, toppings and preparation equipment. The seller must confirm whether changes are possible.

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Places to check when planning a meal

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Second Best in Seoul

Samcheong-dong, Seoul

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Jogyesa Solstice Porridge Sharing

Jongno, Seoul

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The fictional face of this dish

Fire element · a sharp, vivid face

On the darkest day you cook the warmest thing. A face like the porridge cauldron at dawn on the winter solstice.

Upright: The solstice is the longest night and the day the sun starts growing again. The darkest point of your life is likewise the turnaround. Cook the porridge, roll the dumplings, and greet the turn.

Reversed: You count the red bowl as protection and still leave the gate unbolted. Porridge is a rite of the heart, not an insurance certificate. You have prayed; now bar the door with your own hands.

The K-Roast take: Grandma's roast

Fictional food metaphors inspired by traditional face-reading, not measurements of your face or personality.

Those eyes hold the depth of a survived long night: solstice eyes. The old ones called Dongji the little New Year, counting the darkest, longest night as the actual start of the year. That reversal lives in your eyes, which read the bottom as the turnaround point. Because of them, the people near you keep faith with the calendar even in winter.

Your nose is round as a rice dumpling. Some households counted dumplings by age. Today, portion for the meal and count the years you have lived in your heart.

That mouth carries the tenderness of blowing on hot spoonfuls: a porridge-table mouth. Solstice porridge was never cooked for one household alone; it was shared with neighbors and sprinkled on the gate, the arithmetic being that sharing itself wards off misfortune. Run your tenderness on the same arithmetic. Every spoonful you cooled for someone becomes a talisman on your own doorsill.

Dawn follows the long night. Make enough dumplings for the meal and share with a neighbor; your warm bowl may brighten someone’s night.
Grandma's blessing

Table compatibility

Hot thick porridge and icy dongchimi complete each other in temperature and texture, the solstice's official couple, while midsummer's croaker soup stands guard at the opposite post of the calendar, and the two only exchange salutes.